Jason Orlenko

Jason Orlenko (He/Him)
Assistant Costume Designer, The Winter's Tale

Jason is delighted to return to the woods for his fifth non-consecutive year. Previously for APT he was the assistant costume designer for A View From The Bridge (2017), Arcadia, Comedy of Errors (2016), Private Lives, The Merry Wives of Windsor (2015), and Much Ado About Nothing (2014). As a costume designer, he has been fortunate to play dress up all over Wisconsin, favorites include Xanadu, Mamma Mia, Newsies, Sweeney Todd for Skylight Music Theatre; Circle Mirror Transformation, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Mousetrap for Next Act Theatre; Buyer & Cellar, The Moors, The Wolves, The Violet Hour for Renaissance Theatreworks; A Case For the Existence of God, Clyde’s for Forward Theatre; and Girls on Sand for Northern Sky Theatre. Additionally, his design work has been seen at The Milwaukee Rep, First Stage Milwaukee, Third Avenue Playworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, InTandem Theatre, Cardinal Stage, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Marquette University, University of Alaska-Anchorage and Indiana University Department of Theatre & Dance where he served as the interim head of the Costume Design MFA program for 4 years. Currently, he serves at Assistant Professor of Costume Design at UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts. Jason is a proud member of United Scenic Artists-829, and lives in Milwaukee with his husband Brick, and their two chaotic cats, Martin and Michael. www.jasonorlenko.com